Ddn Senior Accountant at Ddn supports accounting operations, process improvement, and finance transformation initiatives. The role includes supporting monthly and quarterly close activities and transitioning from Oracle to Workday Financials.
Responsibilities
Support monthly and quarterly close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, financial statement review, flux analysis, and other general ledger activities as needed.
Support the ongoing development and improvement of the Company's global accounting close calendar, helping coordinate activities, dependencies, and deadlines across accounting teams and entities.
Review existing accounting and close processes to identify opportunities for greater consistency, efficiency, and simplification.
Partner with accounting teams across entities and geographies to improve visibility into close status, outstanding activities, dependencies, and potential bottlenecks.
Assist with the development and monitoring of close metrics, including timeliness, outstanding activities, reconciliation status, recurring bottlenecks, and post-close adjustments.
Develop and maintain accounting process documentation, including close procedures, process flows, ownership matrices, and accounting policies.
Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Payroll, Procurement, Tax, Treasury, and other teams where processes intersect with accounting and financial reporting.
Execute and coordinate accounting-related testing in Workday, including end-to-end process testing, validation of accounting results, identification of defects, and confirmation that key accounting processes operate as designed.
Evaluate existing Oracle processes as part of the Workday implementation and identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or redesign processes rather than simply replicating current-state workflows.
Partner with implementation teams and accounting stakeholders to resolve testing issues and ensure accounting requirements are appropriately reflected in the new ERP environment.
Support post-go-live stabilization and continue identifying opportunities to leverage Workday functionality to improve accounting efficiency, controls, and reporting.
Participate in broader accounting process improvement and finance transformation initiatives as the organization continues to scale.
Qualification
Bachelor's degree in AccountingStrong understanding of UExperience developing close calendarsExperience with Workday Financials
Required
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting experience.
Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, financial reporting, and month-end close processes.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple moving parts and competing priorities.
Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
Experience developing close calendars, coordinating cross-functional close activities, or driving close acceleration initiatives.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an interest in process improvement, automation, and accounting transformation.
Advanced Excel skills and comfort working with large and complex data sets.
Experience with Workday Financials.
Combination of Big 4 public accounting experience and industry accounting experience strongly preferred.
CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.
Experience participating in an ERP implementation, finance transformation, or significant accounting process improvement initiative strongly preferred.
